Finland's centuries-old pre-Easter buns get a modern makeover – as Shrove Tuesday approaches, cafés and bakeries are gearing up to sell more of the popular seasonal dessert ~food baking Article 917 words 4 votes
The lessons a buoyant Finland can take from Iceland's Euro 2016 success ~sports.football Article 1242 words 3 votes
Finland's foreign minister faces probe over Syria repatriations – Pekka Haavisto will be investigated over his plan for swiftly bringing children held in Syria to Finland ~news finland politics syria Article 416 words 4 votes
Rather than punishing prisoners, Finland's open prisons focus on rehabilitation and preparation for a smooth reentry into society ~life Article 1640 words 12 votes
American woman's high school class ring, which was lost in Maine in 1973, has been found in a forest in Finland ~hobbies Article 251 words 11 votes
Why it's cheaper to have a baby in Finland than in the US ~life parenting family Article 54 words 11 votes
World's first floorball museum to be opened in Finland – floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper, invented in Sweden in the late 1960s ~sports.hockey Article 292 words 5 votes
Nokia and SoftBank reveal trials that they say successfully demonstrate that 5G technology can be safely and efficiently utilised for connected cars ~transport Article 518 words 4 votes
Finnish government has proposed that primary care nurse visits become free of charge ~health healthcare Article 307 words 5 votes
Finland's biggest game maker Supercell reported its full-year 2019 sales rose 2% to 1.39 billion euros ~games Article 269 words 5 votes
Why Finland leads the field when it comes to winter cycling – progressive policies help get people on their bike, even in below-freezing conditions ~life Article 927 words 8 votes
Finland blazes trail in keeping citizens cycling and healthy – country routinely praised for its schools system aims to do the same with preventive health ~health fitness Article 1023 words 4 votes
Finland to become EU's only uranium producer – Finnish government gave the green light on Thursday for state-owned Terrafame to extract and refine ~finance Article 429 words 6 votes
Kurikka in Finland is offering free gym sessions to everyone over the age of 65 ~health Article 4 votes
Competition authority puts brakes on Helsinki-Tallinn combi travel card – app-based service Whim referred the planned cooperation to the Finnish competition authority ~transport Article 515 words 2 votes
Finland's woman-led center-left government plans to nearly double the length of paternity leave to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers ~life parenting family Article 178 words 16 votes
Why Finland's schools outperform most others across the developed world ~life education Video 6:48, published Feb 1 2020 15 votes
Sanna Marin: ‘I feel that the American Dream can be achieved best in the Nordic countries, where every child no matter their background ... can become anything’ ~life Article 410 words 16 votes
Amateur astronomers have helped discover a new kind of northern lights, known as dunes ~science astronomy Article 501 words 5 votes
How Finland starts its fight against fake news in schools – country on frontline of information war teaches everyone from pupils to politicians how to spot slippery information ~life education Article 1543 words 7 votes
Fitch downgrades Finland's outlook, raising doubts about return to AAA rating ~finance economics Article 290 words 4 votes
Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pekko Haavisto, says the crisis over Brexit could have a beneficial effect on the European Union, pulling the bloc together ~misc politics Article 366 words 11 votes
Finland's Sanna Marin hopes women leaders will be the 'new normal' ~life.women Article 455 words 5 votes
Housemarque's 25th anniversary is this year, and they've put all other projects on hold to focus on finishing an unannounced game they've been working on for three years ~games Article 656 words 4 votes
Carbon-neutral in fifteen years? Finland – the country with an ambitious plan ~enviro climate change Article 7 votes
Finland has expressed interest in a new high-speed train that would connect its capital Helsinki to Moscow in just six hours ~transport Link 5 votes
Finland's financial watchdog probes Nokia's October share crash – CEO Rajeev Suri denies that the company tried to keep its 5G troubles secret ~finance business Article 226 words 4 votes
Sámi are the only officially recognised indigenous people in the EU and some of their languages are on the brink of extinction ~humanities.languages Article 12 votes
Norwich City striker Teemu Pukki has been named the Finnish Athlete of the Year at a special ceremony in Helsinki ~sports.football Article 249 words 4 votes
Finland's Helsinki Airport debuts toilet facilities for pets – more than 10,000 dogs travel through the international airport every year ~transport Article 279 words 13 votes
Markku Kanerva: ‘This has been a dream for generations of Finns’ ~sports.football Article 1507 words 3 votes
Free-of-charge public transport isn't free, Finnish experts say ~transport Article 787 words 12 votes
The appointment of Sanna Marin as Finland's prime minister has reversed the dwindling fortunes of her Social Democratic party ~news finland politics Article 6 votes
Finland's family cafes are helping solve one of parenting's biggest problems – loneliness ~life parenting family Article 2430 words 8 votes
Photographer documents a friendship between a grey wolf and a brown bear ~arts photography Article 396 words, published Oct 17 2019 8 votes
Finland is considering a four-day week. Is this the secret of happiness? ~life work Article 455 words 9 votes
Finland's new prime minister is spearheading youth-led centrism – but will the rest of Europe follow her lead? ~misc politics Article 740 words, published Jan 2 2020 11 votes
Common gas market for Finland, Estonia and Latvia launches following the completion of the Balticonnector pipeline last month ~enviro energy Link 3 votes
The hiding place: Inside the world's first long-term storage facilty for highly radioactive nuclear waste ~enviro energy Article 5235 words, published Jul 26 2019 10 votes
How Helsinki is using a big cash prize to find a sustainable solution to heating the city ~enviro sustainability Article 803 words 4 votes
Sanna Marin needs to act quickly to tackle one of Europe's fastest-aging populations ~finance Article 4 votes
Estonia's president has apologised after his country's interior minister mocked Finland's new prime minister ~news finland politics estonia Article 295 words 8 votes
Feminism comes of age in Finland as female coalition takes the reins – but even there, the battle for equality isn't over ~life.women Article 1416 words 8 votes
Finland's finance minister deleted an Instagram post and issued an apology after criticism by a human rights group ~news finland politics Article 395 words 4 votes
Finland said it aims to teach 1% – or more than fifty million – of all Europeans basic skills in artificial intelligence through a free online course ~tech Article 311 words 11 votes
Finland anoints Sanna Marin, thirty-four, as world's youngest serving prime minister ~news finland politics Article 503 words 9 votes
Finland braced for strikes seen shaving $220 million off economy ~finance economics business Article 4 votes
Russia arrests conman who built fake border – the man erected mock border posts and charged four men more than $10,000 to take them to Finland ~news finland crime russia Article 233 words 8 votes
In terms of reading test score points per hour of learning, Finnish students came out on top, followed by kids in Germany and Sweden ~life education Article 230 words 5 votes